Breeding Oscellaris Clowns

[debakker]

My pair of Oscellaris Clowns are laying eggs quite regularly and have been so for some time. Trouble is they are in a community tank and seem to loose the eggs over a couple of nights. Are they worth moving into a seperate tank? and how difficult are they to breed and raise?. I saw in this forum someone mentioned an article or similar about breeding oscellaris clowns but have been unable to locate it.
Many thanks, Dirk.

 

[bang guy]

I bumped a thread by TSL titled "Raising Clownfish 101".

 

[debakker]

Thanks heaps for the help Devil Boy. Thanks also Bang Guy, Ive just read yours and TSL's articles thanks to the thread from Devil Boy. Great read. One question though I see in you photo of the clowns with the eggs, yours appear quite red in colour. When mine lay eggs they seem darker almost brown/black in colour, (hard to see as they lay them around behind the corral they live in). After a couple of days they appear real shiny looking. Almost like small pearls. Is this the norm.
Hard to get any info. here down under not a real lot of interest in breeding only selling fish to you. I think it was you, in one of your posting, that mentioned to book "clownfish" ?. Is this the book written by a woman ?. If it is I have heard of it but haven't located one as yet. Thanks again boys. Dirk.

 

[bang guy]

Clownfishes by Joyce Wilkerson.
The eggs normally start with a color similar to the female. If yours were dark when you saw them then they had probably been there a few days before you noticed them. They should get darker every day. A couple days before they are going to hatch some of the eggs will develop a silvery top. This is actually the eyes of the larvae reflecting light. The day that most of the eggs are silvery is usually the day they are going to hatch.